USFG PHOTO
Photo Description; Two Vought F4U-5N Corsair night fighters of composite squadron VC-3 Det. F Blue Nemesis, Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101), fly past the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21), during combat operations off Korea on 4 September 1951. The planes are BuNos 124537 (left) and 124539, which were flown by Lt. John D. Ely, USNR, and Lt(JG) J.G. Stranlund, USNR. Date 4 September 1951
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USFG PHOTO
Photo Description; A Vought F4U-4B Corsair of U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-214 Blacksheep being readied for takeoff between August and November 1950 on the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118) for a strike in Korea. * Receives final checks to its armament of bombs and 5-inch rockets, just prior to being catapulted from USS Sicily (CVE-118) for a strike on enemy forces in Korea. The original photograph is dated 16 November 1950, but was probably taken in August-October 1950. Note battered paint on this aircraft. Date Aug-Oct 1950
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USFG PHOTO
Photo Description; A U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-4 Corsair (BuNo 97112) of Marine fighter squadron VMF-225 on deck of the light aircraft carrier USS Cabot (CVL-28).
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